News - Yemen: Head of Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, affirmed, Monday, that the agendas of the US-Saudi aggression, their local tools, and their contradictions prolong the suffering of our Yemeni people.

"If the military negotiating committee in Jordan does not see new signs regarding closed roads to alleviate suffering of Yemeni people, the committee will announce unilateral initiative," he announced.

He added that the US-Saudi aggression is sparing no effort to exploit the suffering of the citizens in Taiz governorate, explaining that there is a varying agenda of the Saudi-backed government that employ the suffering and difficult conditions in Taiz and the various governorates.

"We will continue to work to reduce the impact of the siege imposed on our country by various means, and we did not accept the truce except to achieve this purpose," he pointed out.

Al-Mashat also pointed out that  port of Hodeidah revenues are allocated in favor of state employees' salary so that forces of US-Saudi aggression cover deficit from oil and gas revenues. He stressed that the US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries must fulfill their obligations towards the deficit in covering the salaries of state employees as it has been agreed to.

In early April, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2016, saying the two-month truce would be eligible for renewal with the consent of parties. The truce meant to halt all military operations in the country and to bring the foreign military invasion to an end.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the truce "must be a first step to ending Yemen’s devastating war," urging the warring parties to build on the opportunity to "resume an inclusive and comprehensive Yemeni political process."

The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline al-Hudaydah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a "to predetermined destinations in the region."

The Saudi-led aggression continues to violate the truce by detaining new fuel ships, despite their inspection and obtaining permits from the United Nations, insisting on the closure of Sana’a Airport, as well as, the fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside. Shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl, including a failed advance carried out by mercenaries towards Army and Popular Committee sites south of Marib.